Car Hits Mother and 3 Children in Busy Rockland County Intersection

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At least four pedestrians, including two children and an infant, were seriously injured in a crash at a busy intersection in Rockland County on Monday afternoon, police said. 

The 3-month-old infant was in cardiac arrest after the crash near the intersection of Route 59 and Robert Pitt Drive in Monsey, sources told News 4 New York.

The young boy suffered traumatic injuries and was taken to Nyack Hospital by medevac. CPR was performed on him at the scene before he was taken away by helicopter, according to police and sources. 

Two other children — a 13-year-old girl and an 8-year-old girl — were also seriously injured in the crash, police said.

The children's mother was also among the victims. She and the two girls had serious injuries and were taken to Westchester County Medical Center, according to police. 

The mother was apparently pushing the infant across the busy intersection in a stroller when a vehicle crashed into them and the two girls just before 3 p.m.

Part of the stroller was seen overturned at the side of the roadway shortly before 4 p.m., Chopper 4 video shows. Two vehicles involved in the crash were parked several yards away from the stroller. 

It's unclear how the crash unfolded or if both cars struck the pedestrians or only one of them. 

There are no sidewalks along the roadway where the four pedestrians were hit. 

Aron Wieder, a Rockland County legislator, posted video of the crash scene to Twitter. In the video, he says he has written to state legislators about the need for sidewalks at the busy intersection. 

"You see that carriage — that's a carriage from a beautiful, little child who was just involved in a car accident," Wieder says in the video. "[He] and [his] mother and [his] siblings were involved in a terrible accident."

Here at Rt 59. A beautiful family was tragically struck by a car.
Busiest Rd in Rockland. No sidewalks! Where are our State Representatives? pic.twitter.com/MaUZ7PbBnn

— Aron Wieder (@AronWieder) June 26, 2017

There was heavy police activity at the intersection on Monday evening as an investigation into the crash continued. 

Route 59 was closed to traffic between Secora Road and Robert Pitt Drive shortly after 4 p.m.